Valentine v. Chrestensen
Case Date: 05/04/2025
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Valentine, Police Commissioner of the City of New York v.
Chrestensen
Citations
316 U.S. 52 (more)
62 S. Ct. 920; 86 L. Ed. 1262; 1942 U.S. LEXIS 725; 1 Media L. Rep. 1907
Prior history
122 F.2d 511, reversed.
Holding
Commercial speech is not protected under the First Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Harlan F. Stone
Associate Justices
Owen J. Roberts · Hugo Black
Stanley F. Reed · Felix Frankfurter
William O. Douglas · Frank Murphy
James F. Byrnes · Robert H. Jackson
Case opinions
Majority
Roberts, joined by Unanimous
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. I
Overruled by
Virginia State Pharmacy Board v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council (1976)
Valentine v. Chrestensen, 316 U.S. 52 (1942),[1] was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that commercial speech is not protected under the First Amendment
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